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The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual
by: Norm Goldstein

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.06607
EAN: 9780201339857
ISBN: 0201339854
Label: Basic Books
Manufacturer: Basic Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: May 21, 1998
Publisher: Basic Books
Sales Rank: 16144
Studio: Basic Books

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The style of the Associated Press defines clear news writing. In fact, more people write for the AP news service than for any single newspaper or broadcaster in the world. The AP Stylebook is therefore ”the journalist’s bible,” an essential handbook for all writers, editors, students, and public-relations specialists.The AP Stylebook contains over 5,000 entries laying out the AP’s rules on grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage. It gives journalists the references they need to write about the world today: correct names of countries and organizations, language to avoid, common trademarks. Special sections cover business and sports reporting. This edition, published in the Associated Press’s 150th year, also includes crucial advice on how writers can guard against libel and copyright infringement.An up-to-date AP Stylebook belongs on the desk of every working writer.

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The world is divided into two types of people: those who wince when they see the words Canadian geese in print, and those who don't. If you are the former, or if you are the latter working for the former, the The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual provides invaluable assistance when you need to get your Canada geese all in a row. Countless newspapers and other publications base their style guides on this manual. The entries are arranged alphabetically and include issues of spelling, punctuation (there is no period in Dr Pepper), grammar, abbreviation, capitalization (Popsicle and Dumpster are, tollhouse cookies aren't), hyphenation (none, surprisingly, in ball point pen), and frequently misused words. There are also longer discussions of things such as Arabic names, chess notation, weather terms, and religious movements. Plus you'll find separate sections on sports writing, business writing, libel, and copyright.

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- Non-Fiction
This is definitely excellent, and anybody who is producing journalistic work, from first year students turning up to classes, or people doing it occasionally to everday professionals can benefit from having this.

It is likely the latter will wear it out, too, at least if it is a print version.

For non-journalist probably a useful read to give you an idea if the people you are reading are providing information in the generally accepted manner that they are supposed to be doing.

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- Wouldn't write without it
Also know as the AP style guide, this book should be every copywriter's and journalist's bookshelf. This is the definitive guide to punctuation, grammar and writing style for magazine and newspaper articles as well as most business writing. And it is vastly different from the style of writing most of us learned in school, which follows the Chicago Manual of Style. If you are thinking about writing for magazines or newspapers, or starting a copywriting business, you absolutely must get a copy of this.

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- Insufficient but requisite!
If you write or publish regularly, you'll need to devise addendums to the AP Guide. A short list might evolve into your own style guide, since the AP may not cover abbreviations you commonly use, for example. But this guide is indispensible prior to (or in lieu of) having your own guide (a monstrous task).

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- definitive
AP Style is the definitive "how to write" journalistically resource. It is obvious that Amazon has not read it, otherwise they would not use those annoying commas before "and" in a series! AP Style provides a thoughtful, common sense approach to effectively communicating in any written medium. The "gospel" for writers!

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